The two Steubenville high-school football players who stood trial this week on rape charges were…
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"People
made bad choices and the grand jury said there are repercussions,"
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said at a press conference.
"Teenagers
and alcohol-fueled parties, absent adults, bad decisions, acts of
violence... they're not unique to this community. How do you hold
kids accountable if you don't hold the adults accountable?"

Michael
McVey, the Steubenville City Schools superintendent, was indicted on
charges of tampering with evidence, obstruction of justice and
falsification. Matthew Bellardine, a volunteer football coach, was
charged with allowing underage drinking, obstructing official
business, falsification and contributing to the delinquency of a
minor.

Lynett
Gorman, the principal at Pugliese Elementary School, and Seth
Fluhart, a wrestling coach at Steubenville High, were both charged
with failure to report child abuse.

"Some
may ask why others were not indicted. It is simply not sufficient
that person's behavior was reprehensible, disgusting, mean-spirited
or just plain stupid," DeWine said. "It
took a long time to get all the information the grand jury needed so
they could make their decisions."

"Barring
any new evidence, I believe that the grand jury's work is done."